Card game



April 10, 1928.

.. A. L. BECKET CARD GAME Filed Sept. 10. 1926 m omEmx Patented Apr. 10, 1928. i

I UNITED STATES I ALAN L. BECKET, OF EAST ORANGE, EN'EW 5.4m) GAME.

Application flldficptcmber 10, 1926.- Serial No. 134,610.

My invention relates to card games and in general aims to provide a deck of-cardsby' means of which a game, corresponding to golf in its general range of possibilities and I its scoring, may be played by several players.

The feature of the invention lies in the fact that it affords, besides entertainment,

a real opportunity for the use ofgood judgment by the players.

The invention will be understood from the descriptionin connection with the acoom' panying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a view of a single playing hand, and Fig. 2 is a ,view of a single card. Fig. 3 is a view of a single playing hand at. a final stage in the me. In the drawings, the number shown on the corner of the card in Fig. 2 represents 250 yards or the distance a. golf ball may travel after being struck in actual play by a golf club known as a driver. The word Driver shown at the top of the card indicates the type of golf club. represented by that particular card and the corner number is the 2 distance in-yards allowed, for the purposes of this game, that golf club on that particular card. V

' The number shown in the center of the card represents a distance in yards of a golf hole, that distance measured between the tee and the green on the ordinary outdoor golf course. i

' The game is played by first dealing five cards to each player. The card left on the 86 top of the pack after five cards have beendealt to each layer is turned up-onthe table where it .can be seen by everyone. This card shows in the center the distance in yards of the hole bein played. Each pla er tries 40 to equal exact y this distance, by a ding together the numbers or distances on the upleft hand corner. of the cards i mthe 'players hand. Each layer is allowed to discardthose cards w ich he thinks will 46 not finally be used in making up this distanoe, namely, the distance shown on the center of the card that is turned up on the table. After receiving from the dealer new cards to replace those discarded the player tries to com ine cards whose cornerv numbers or distances when added together will equal exactly the center number or distance shown on the card which has been turned up as' described above.

, I will e lain how the hand shown in Fig. 1 is playe d Consider Fig. 2 as the card turned up after dealing. This card desigi nates the distance of the hole to be played as 405 yards. The 250 yard driver card and the 130 yard mashie card, the first and third cards'in' Fig. 1, will. add up to 380 yards which is just 25. yardsshort of the 405 yard hole,.the distance shown on the center of the cardfturned' up Fig. 2. Since the two cards mentioned are the only ones in the hand-that the player can use to help made the distance 405 they will be retained and the other three cards will be discarded to be replaced by the dealer with others. The purpose ofthe discard is to obtain new cards which when added to those retained will equal the required distance. Now consider Fig. 3 as the same-hand after the dealer has furnished the player with three new cards to 're lace those discarded. It is evident that t e first-four cards in the hand Fig. 3 will total 405 yards or the exact distance of the hole inpla The player accordingly receives a 4 as is score for this hand or hole. Should another player equal 405 yards in three cards, one stroke better than four,

then that player would win the hand or in i go beyond the hole or the playing distance and return bysubtraction i. e'., a hole'255 4 yards long may beplayed in three cards by coinbinin a 200 yard drive with say a 65 yard mas ie shot and thenv subtracting a 10 yard putt from the total of the-other two cards.

' A game isover -after 18 deals or holes have n played- The winner is that-player who wins the greatest number of holes. In the event of a tie extra dealsor holes ariiplayed as in re ular golf.

' y invention in etail consists of 52 cards includin 13 driver cards, 13 mid-iron cards,

13 mashle cards, 13 putter cards. The club,-

distances shown on the corners of the thirteen driver cards are four 300 yards, four 250 yards, five 200 yards and the hide distances or center numbers are; .505, 505,505, 500, 500, 455, 450, 405, 405,405, 405, 400 yards. The club distances shown on the corners-of the thirteen mid-iron cards are; four 180 yards, three- 170 yards, three 160 yards;

three yards and the hole distances or center numbers are; 455, 455,455, 445, 445, 435,

435, 425-, 425, 425, 420, 415, 415 yards, The

. the hole distances or the center numbers are;

295, 295, 295, 285, 285, 275, 275, 265, 265, 255, 255, 245, 155. It will be seen that the hole distance or center numbers range for all cards between 505 yards and 155 yards being the usualdistance of holes in regular golf.

It is significant that this game offers a remote chance to make a hole in one, as the expression goes in golf. This is possible on account of one of the cards being 155 yards for the length of thehole and another card bearing a distance of'155 yards for'the distance of the club, therefore, any player having the latter in his hand, when the former is turned up after dealing makes a hole in one.

Having thus described my invention it is uite obvious that Various immaterial modications may be made in the same without departing from th'spirit of my invention.

Iclaim.

1. A game of the character described, a deck of cards on the faces of which are designated the names of golf clubs, the distances of shots and the distances of golf holes.

2. A game of the character described, a deck of cards, said cards bearing the names of golf clubs and numbers representing the distances of golf shots and golf holes.

vkind of stroke in golf, together with a designation corresponding to common distances.

of golf holes.

5. A deck of playing cards comprising 52 cards, each card bearing the name of a golf club together with a number corresponding to a distance common to a stroke as in golf and a number corresponding to a-distance common to an actual golf hole.

ALAN L. BECKET. 

